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Chantal Thomas

シャンタル・トーマス

Shantal Tōmasu

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1945-10-18 （Lyon）
Nationality
French
Languages
French
Residence History
Lyon → Arcachon → Bordeaux → Paris

Career

Occupations
writer, historian
Active Years
1978-2024
Affiliations
French National Centre for Scientific Research, Académie française
Memberships
Académie française

Awards

Prix Femina
2002
Work: Farewell, My Queen
Organization: Académie Goncourt
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Farewell, My Queen

2002 Historical fiction

A fictional account of the final days of Marie Antoinette from the perspective of one of her servants.

Marie AntoinetteFrench RevolutionCourt life
Adaptations
  • [Film] Farewell, My Queen / Benoît Jacquot (2012)
Translations
  • English translation available

Bibliography

  • Sade, L'œil de la lettre
  • Casanova, Un voyage libertin
  • Don Juan ou Pavlov, Essai sur la communication publicitaire
  • The Wicked Queen: The Origins of the Myth of Marie-Antoinette
  • Thomas Bernhard
  • Sade
  • La Vie réelle des petites filles
  • Coping with freedom: reflections on ephemeral happiness
  • Farewell, My Queen
  • La Lectrice-Adjointe
  • Souffrir
  • L'île flottante
  • Apolline ou L'école de la Providence
  • Le Palais de la reine
  • Chemins de sable, Conversation avec Claude Plettner
  • Jardinière Arlequin, Conversations avec Alain Passard
  • Cafés de la mémoire
  • Le Testament d'Olympe
  • L'esprit de conversation
  • The Exchange of Princesses
  • Un air de liberté. Variations sur l'esprit du XVIIIe siècle
  • Memories of Low Tide
  • East Village Blues
  • Café Vivre. chroniques en passant
  • Journal de nage

Style & Themes

Literary Style
elegant, observant prose
Recurring Motifs
18th-century French courthistorical figures

Legacy

French writer and historian known for Prix Femina-winning novel Farewell, My Queen, adapted into film, and member of Académie française.

Trivia

  • Elected to seat 12 of the Académie française in 2021.